B08B 7/00
Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or
Official title: Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
B08B7/00 (Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or) appears on 3,815 US grants and 4,551 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 3,815
- Published applications
- 4,551
- Assignees
- 1,932
- Inventors
- 9,794
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 30 | 0 |
| 1994 | 65 | 0 |
| 1995 | 50 | 0 |
| 1996 | 63 | 0 |
| 1997 | 72 | 0 |
| 1998 | 104 | 0 |
| 1999 | 93 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 46 |
| 2002 | 91 | 122 |
| 2003 | 126 | 158 |
| 2004 | 107 | 201 |
| 2005 | 96 | 194 |
| 2006 | 70 | 197 |
| 2007 | 61 | 149 |
| 2008 | 58 | 132 |
| 2009 | 71 | 139 |
| 2010 | 83 | 116 |
| 2011 | 87 | 118 |
| 2012 | 90 | 100 |
| 2013 | 87 | 139 |
| 2014 | 72 | 137 |
| 2015 | 85 | 151 |
| 2016 | 99 | 172 |
| 2017 | 127 | 208 |
| 2018 | 126 | 251 |
| 2019 | 153 | 242 |
| 2020 | 213 | 267 |
| 2021 | 193 | 284 |
| 2022 | 199 | 261 |
| 2023 | 192 | 244 |
| 2024 | 198 | 221 |
| 2025 | 168 | 186 |
| 2026 | 111 | 116 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B08B 7/0035Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or1,269
- B08B 7/02Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or803
- B08B 7/0064Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or536
- B08B 7/04Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or376
- B08B 7/0021Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or374
- B08B 7/0028Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or298
- B08B 7/0014Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or170
- B08B 7/0007Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or56
Recent patents
- Compositions, methods and kits for treating complement related disorders6 Oct 2026US 12,751,993 B2Trustees of Tufts College
- Shutter disc for a semiconductor processing tool6 Oct 2026US 12,753,488 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Reprocessing a single-use medical device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,045 B2Innovative Health
- Cleaning system and method for a curved substrate22 Sep 2026US 12,741,301 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Cleaning method, recording medium, and substrate processing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,561 B2Kokusai Electric Corporation
- Test base cleaning line and method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307115 A1Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
- Methods for cleaning an ion transport system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311949 A1Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Apparatus and method for removal of oxide and carbon from semiconductor films in a single processing chamber8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314290 A1ASM IP Holding B. V.
- Sensor cleaning device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295642 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Transportable Cleaning Device for Cleaning Marking Elements and Cleaning Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297874 A1Glatt GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plasma cleaning method for removing residues in a plasma treatment chamber842US 5,356,478 ALam Research Corporation · 1994
- Semiconductor device fabrication chamber cleaning method and apparatus with recirculation of cleaning gas571US 6,863,019 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2005
- Method for etching high dielectric constant materials and for cleaning deposition chambers for high dielectric constant materials558US 7,357,138 B2Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 2008
- Methods and apparatus for gettering fluorine from chamber material surfaces555US 6,347,636 B1APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2002
- Plasma clean method for deposition chamber542US 8,591,659 B1Novellus Systems, Inc. · 2013